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J. L. FINN.

BABY CARRIAGE.

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JOHN L. FINN, OF ELYRIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID B. ANDREWS AND THOMAS L. NELSON, BOTH OF SAME PLACE. A

BABY-CARURIIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,512, dated November 1-5, 1881.

Application filed April 6, 1881. (No model) To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, JOHN L. FINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have in- 5 vented a new and useful Improvement in Baby- Oarriages, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelatcs to the method of guiding baby-carriages, as hereinalter described,

by merely changing the relation of the axles from a parallel to an angularposition. This object is attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure Iis a plan view, withthe wheels and 1 body removed. Fig.1I is a side elevation, with the wheels on thefront side removed. Fig.1II is a diagram illustrating the movement of the difi'erent parts shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th roughout the several views.

The wheels A, axle-trees B B, and handles (J constitute the running-gear of the carriage.

a a represent diagonal bars, which are pivoted to the axle, as seen in Fig. I. Said bars are of unequal length from center to center of their pivots. I b represents a connecting-bar, which is also pivoted to the axle, as seen at c c. Said pivots are placed in the center of the axle equidiso tant from either of the pivots a c. To the connecting-bar b, at each end, are secured crossbars 6 e,-which extend parallel with the axles a sufficient distance to forni a suitable support for the springs ff.

9 represents a locking attachment, which is rigidly secured to the rear axle by means of arms h, which extend forward, under the reach or connecting-bar b, to a convenient point near the center thereof. Said locking attachment 40 consists of a short curved transverse bar whose upper surface is somewhat curved for the purpose of preventing its ends from striking'bar I) while passingbaclg and forth under it, and is provided with a recess, as seen at i, wide and deep enough to freely admit the connectingbar b. The said recess tmust be so placed as to coincide with the bar b when said bar is at right angles to the axles of the carriage. When upon its under surface.

in this position said recess passes freely up and takes hold of said bar, clasping it firmly, and thus holding the axles rigidly in place, thus causing the carriage to move in a straight line when in motion; but when said locking device is forced down wardso as to relieve said bar b, y then the axles may be cramped or turned, so as to give the desired curvature to the direction being traversed. The arms h, which support said lock g, being fixed rigidly to the axle, are also so adjusted to the bar b as to impinge When the operator 6o desires to change the direction of the carriage he will slightly raise on the handles, which are rigidly secured to the rear axle, and in so doing the supporting-bars h, which are also secured to the same axle, are forced correspondingly downward, so as to relieve the lock 1 from the barb. Then the handles maybe readily turned or forced to the right or left sufficiently to give the desired cramp to the axles, and, as a necessary result, the desired curva- 7o ture of direction. The diagonal bars a a serve as braces for the purpose of maintaining extreme rigidity in all positions of the axles, while at the same time they do not in any way interfere with cramping or turning the carriage.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 4 1. The diagonal bars a a, pivoted to the axles, in combination with the connecting-bar b and So locking-bar g, for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the connecting-bar b, the locking-bar g, the supporting-arms h, and handles 0, for the purpose of locking the axles in a position parallel to each other, and unlockbig the same when desired to change the direction.

3. The connecting-bar b, havingits lateral extensions 6 e, for the purpose of supporting the body of the carriage, as described, so as 0 not to interfere with cramping the same.

J. L. FINN.

Witnesses:

H. F. WILLsoN, JAMES E. BRoNsoN. 

